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Thankful List #250-265
I'm tickled to have a guest blogger posting today! Below is a brief paragraph, written by my special guest: *** The church's steeple was a shadow of grief that loomed over the tombstones like a watchful mother over her baby. The wind moaned in the distance; thunder...
Backwards
It's Friday, and sometimes I like to participate in the Five Minute Friday writing exercise, hosted by Lisa-Jo, at The Gypsy Mama. The rules are-- write for 5 minutes, unedited, and then link up and comment on the person before you. Click the link to go there and get...
Storms, Scuffles, Wings
Lightning rips through the night, turning the dark sky a pinkish hue. Flashes are lighting up every second, millisecond, and thundering booms shake the house. With his big brown eyes, my eight-year-old pleads to crawl into bed with me. I am already waiting for him;...
The First Circle
Years ago, in college I read a book The First Circle by Aeksandr Solzhenitsyn. Although fiction, the book is also auto-biographical, as the story is about a group of academics who were arrested and forced to work in a labor camp, but who were well fed and had better...
Fear and Wisdom and #240-250
"A fool is a wise man's ladder" -- South African Proverb I love reading proverbs from different parts of the world. It's a fascinating look into different cultures. We are starting a new series on Proverbs on Sundays. Below are two verses from Proverbs, which Pastor...
Heart’s Soil
I often dream of living on some type of farm, with some land, a creek, plenty of trees, and maybe a few chickens so that it looks authentic. But so far, the closest I’ve come to farming is this garden, our biggest yet. Living in a suburban area on a plot without many...
An Old House
We join a group of others who are waiting to see the interior of a grand old house. Walking inside, the guide leads us through the dining room and into the foyer. I am captured by the wooden carvings on the walls, staircase, built-in shelves. I run my finger along the...
Before and After (#227-#239)
Before: After: Lifting hands in thankfulness for the following gifts this past week, #227-239: 227. a vegetable garden after a two-year break... and doubling the area 228. planting vegetables: tomatoes, spinach, lettuce, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini… and a little...
The High Calling: Why I Joined
Recently I joined an online community called “The High Calling”. Soon after I joined, I received a welcome e-mail from Dena Dyer, the High Calling’s “Welcome Wagon” (and author, speaker, blogger) 🙂 , and one of the things she asked me to do was to write a blog entry...
Are There Signs of Life?
Are there signs of life, signs of the resurrection, and is there hope for newness, new life in this world? Where? How do I know? If I am honest I can say that there are days or seasons in life when I cannot see so clearly. But then, there are also days and seasons in...
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